Acts 4:36
And Joseph, who by the legates was surnamed Barnabas, (which is interpreted Son of Consolation,) a Levite of the country of Cyprus,
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
35and placed it at the feet of the legates; and distribution was made to every one, as he had need.
Cross References
Mark 3:17And to James the son of Zebedee and to John the brother of James, he gave the name of Boanerges, that is, Sons of thunder.
Acts 11:19And they who were dispersed, by the oppression which occurred on account of Stephen, travelled as far as Phenicia, and even to the country of Cyprus, and to Antioch, speaking the word to none except to Jews only.
Acts 11:30And they sent, by the hand of Barnabas and Saul, unto the Elders there.
Acts 15:2And Paul and Barnabas had much trouble and disputation with them. And it resulted, that Paul and Barnabas, and others with them, went up to the legates and Elders at Jerusalem, because of this matter.
Acts 15:37And Barnabas was disposed to take John, who was surnamed Mark.
Acts 21:16And some disciples of Caesarea went along with us, taking with them a brother from among the earlier disciples, whose name was Mnason, and who was from Cyprus; that he might entertain us at his house.
Matthew Henry on Acts 4:33-37
The Prosperity of the Church; The Liberality of the Disciples. 32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. 33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. 34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the… Read the whole commentary →